Thexton, Clarence, Gunner, 820417, C Battery, 63rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Born Derby
Enlisted Derby
Died of pneumonia 5th November 1918 aged 24
Buried in Derby (Nottingham Road) Cemetery, Derbyshire

1911 Census
Also known as Clarence Sharpe
An apprentice blacksmith and shoeing smith
Listed as a boarder, but it's highly likely he was the illegitimate son of Alfred Ernest, a railway locomotive department labourer, and Emma Thexton, of 27, Quarn Street, Derby

Derby (St. Alkmund's Church)
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Derby (St. Anne's Church)
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